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Welcome! Today we are going to learn how to work the tallest of our Column Stitches: The Double Treble Column Stitch.
Column Stitches are a great way to create height with a unique texture in your crochet projects. They are fairly easy to work once you get a handle on the hook placement and they allow a project to grow very quickly.
As far as yarn usage, as they are a tall stitch, they are not going to be too heavy on the yarn usage. The resulting fabric is fairly open with the column stitches creating “pillars” across the rows.
Over the past couple of weeks I shared two shorter versions of this stitch including the Double Column Stitch and the Triple/Treble Column Stitch. Our stitch today will be the tallest of the three which has a base of a double treble crochet stitch (dtr).
Column stitches are fairly fun to work. You begin by working your base stitch, such as the double treble crochet, you then work the next stitch by working through the post of the previous stitch in particular places along the post.
I will describe the process in the free crochet pattern below, but if in doubt, be sure to also check out the free video tutorial.
The Materials:
For this tutorial today, I will be using a small amount of Heatherly by KnitPicks and WeCrochet in a single colour. It is a medium/worsted weight yarn that is a wool blend. Along with my worsted weight yarn, I will also be working with a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook.
Spiked Knotted Half Double Crochet Stitch:
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Dtr – Double Treble Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl st – Slip stitch
Sp – Space
Yo – Yarn over
Pattern Notes:
This stitch is worked in rows in this tutorial and it may be worked in one colour or many. I will be working this pattern in a single colour.
This pattern is written in American crochet terms.
To begin, make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch pattern, you will need a foundation chain with a multiple of 2 stitches, plus 1.
For example, ch 25.
Row One:
Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st across. Ch 5 (Counts as a dtr), turn.
Row Two:
Dtr in the next st, *yo, insert hook under the top 2 front loops that you see about a quarter of the way down on the post of the previous dtr st, yo and draw up a loop, [yo and insert your hook under the next 2 front loops that you see a little further down on the post of the previous st, yo and draw up a loop] twice more, insert your hook into the next sc st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 3 loops on your hook, [yo and then draw through 2 loops on your hook] three times, dtr in the next st; Rpt from * across ending with a dtr in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row Three:
Sc in the 1st st and in each st across, ending by working your final sc in the top of the turning ch. Ch 4 (Counts as a tr), turn.
And that’s it!
For the rest of the pattern simply repeat rows 2 and 3 for the pattern. Fasten off, weave in your ends.
